Swill Stroganoff
@swillstroganoff.bsky.social
Mathematician; software composer: maker of puns, especially triangle puns;
And this summer will be “the summer of George”
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
And this summer will be “the summer of George”
To your point, why do they need four clerks each, especially as they lower the number of cases they hear. Have them spend summer vacation doing some trial duty.
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
To your point, why do they need four clerks each, especially as they lower the number of cases they hear. Have them spend summer vacation doing some trial duty.
Another way to put it; you are a millionaire a million times over.
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Another way to put it; you are a millionaire a million times over.
What a beautiful set.
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
What a beautiful set.
I wish I could buy more hours
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I wish I could buy more hours
I think part of the challenge may be to understand how it all fits together. I also wish that philosophy, history and art were more emphasized as well but maybe that’s another story.
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I think part of the challenge may be to understand how it all fits together. I also wish that philosophy, history and art were more emphasized as well but maybe that’s another story.
Not that I disagree in spirit exactly, but at the same time there is a lot of theory and work done around algorithm design and data structures, formal languages ect.. that I think is still useful and important material.
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Not that I disagree in spirit exactly, but at the same time there is a lot of theory and work done around algorithm design and data structures, formal languages ect.. that I think is still useful and important material.
I am not used to seeing Obama look older like that. The picture in my head and what he now looks like is so different. It makes me nostalgic for better times somehow.
November 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I am not used to seeing Obama look older like that. The picture in my head and what he now looks like is so different. It makes me nostalgic for better times somehow.
Every time someone brings up welfare waste, this should be the pivot. Solve the problem where it is largest first.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Every time someone brings up welfare waste, this should be the pivot. Solve the problem where it is largest first.
And there are farm subsidies as well. Total waste and market distortion. While there may be some small marginal waste for welfare for the lower income brackets, the bulk of waste is concentrated on the really tippy top of the pyramid.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
And there are farm subsidies as well. Total waste and market distortion. While there may be some small marginal waste for welfare for the lower income brackets, the bulk of waste is concentrated on the really tippy top of the pyramid.
It is true that welfare is abused by people who don’t need it. I agree with that. Football stadiums are often built by taxpayer money and given to sports teams for free. Moreover, whatever economic activity this stirs up is at best suboptimal, and even is a net loss for the public.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It is true that welfare is abused by people who don’t need it. I agree with that. Football stadiums are often built by taxpayer money and given to sports teams for free. Moreover, whatever economic activity this stirs up is at best suboptimal, and even is a net loss for the public.
So what if they are? As long as the kids are fed. We already have mechanisms for child welfare though.
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So what if they are? As long as the kids are fed. We already have mechanisms for child welfare though.
Really? He’s a human being??? I thought he was a turnip.
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Really? He’s a human being??? I thought he was a turnip.
For instance 4 choose 3 is the same as taking three elements with the max element 4 plus taking three when the max is 3. This is the same as 3 choose 2 plus 2 choose 2.
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
For instance 4 choose 3 is the same as taking three elements with the max element 4 plus taking three when the max is 3. This is the same as 3 choose 2 plus 2 choose 2.
There is a nice combinatorial reason for this involving combinations. N choose k the sum of choosing k elements when you vary the max element.
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
There is a nice combinatorial reason for this involving combinations. N choose k the sum of choosing k elements when you vary the max element.
I agree. I have no problem if someone wants to make an extra contribution to the tax base (with no conditions on how it’s spent), but you should not be able to direct the money. Part of me wonders if this if tax credits for charity should not exist for this reason.
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I agree. I have no problem if someone wants to make an extra contribution to the tax base (with no conditions on how it’s spent), but you should not be able to direct the money. Part of me wonders if this if tax credits for charity should not exist for this reason.
You constructed a whole alternate universe. I am thoroughly amused.
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
You constructed a whole alternate universe. I am thoroughly amused.
I am fine with “it’s ok not to be monogamous”. However, the idea that “not okay to be monogamous” does not sit well with me. My wife and I both have agency to choose monogamy and we both did, happily.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am fine with “it’s ok not to be monogamous”. However, the idea that “not okay to be monogamous” does not sit well with me. My wife and I both have agency to choose monogamy and we both did, happily.
This raises in my mind a general epistemic problem in my mind; at what point do you discard a framework that has served you well in the past (I am not implying the current framework ever did). And how do you tell if a framework is not working? Best solution I know is to have multiple frameworks.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This raises in my mind a general epistemic problem in my mind; at what point do you discard a framework that has served you well in the past (I am not implying the current framework ever did). And how do you tell if a framework is not working? Best solution I know is to have multiple frameworks.
It really is a second round of know nothings.
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It really is a second round of know nothings.
Can a bear avoid shitting in the woods. Can the pope avoid being catholic?
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Can a bear avoid shitting in the woods. Can the pope avoid being catholic?